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Formation Characteristics of Endosperm Structures in Different Rice Genotypes Formation Characteristics of Endosperm Structures in Different Rice Genotypes Limin Yuan ( [email protected] ) Yangzhou University Runqin Li Yangzhou University Lidong Fu Yangzhou University Zhiqin Wang Yangzhou University Jianchang Yang Yangzhou University Research Article Keywords: Rice genotypes, Grain lling, Endosperm structure, Starch granule, Crystallinity Posted Date: December 3rd, 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-113248/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Page 1/21 Abstract To explore the formation characteristics of endosperm structures in different rice genotypes, indica, japonica and glutinous rice cultivars were used and grown in the paddy eld. The endosperm structures in the grain during the lling period were investigated. The results showed that the compactness of amyloplast arrangement was positively correlated with grain lling percentage. The endosperm structure varied with the position within a grain. At maturity, the structure was the best in the back, the intermediate in the center, and the worst in the belly of a kernel. However, the lling was better in the center than in the back and in the belly from 5 to 10 days after owering (DAF). The endosperm structure was different among genotypes. From 5 to 25 DAF, starch accumulation was the earliest in glutinous rice, followed by indica rice and japonica rice. Gaps and pores in endosperm were closely associated with rice transparency. The starch crystallinity in endosperm was negatively correlated with amylose content. Among the three genotypes, glutinous showed the highest crystallinity, followed by japonica and indica rice. The starch crystallinity in a grain was lower on a primary branch than that on a secondary branch. Among all grains, the second grain on a primary branch showed the lowest starch crystallinity. The results indicated that the starch structure of endosperm not only differ between rice genotypes, but also varies with the location of a grain on the panicle, and that it affects the grain-lling, transparency and amylose content of rice. 1. Introduction Grain lling stage is a key stage inuencing grain weight and quality of rice. The main component in rice grains is endosperm starch and the structures of endosperm amyloplasts (size and arrangement of amyloplasts) are directly correlated with grain lling and rice quality 1,2. Previous studies indicated that the amyloplasts arranged tightly in the endosperm with large size and small difference on amyloplasts particle diameter, the lling degree of grains was good and had better rice quality. Promoting the development of amyloplast structures in rice endosperm by genetic improvements and cultivation techniques is one of the important approaches for increasing the yield and quality of rice. The grain-lling rates and lling degrees vary with rice cultivar and the gain position in the same panicle of the same variety 1,2. Normally, the lling rates of superior grains with the early owering stage are high and the amyloplasts in endosperm are arranged compactly, the weight of superior grains was signicantly higher than that of inferior grains. The lling degree of grains is good, whereas the grain lling rates of superior grains with the late owering stage are slow. The main manifestation was that the formation of endosperm structure of the early-owering superior grains was earlier than the lately-owering inferior grains. Under the scanning electron microscope, amyloplasts of superior grains arranged tightly in the endosperm with large size and small difference on amyloplasts particle diameter, the remnants of endosperm cell were few and the gaps of amyloplasts were narrow. The amyloplasts are arranged loosely in the endosperm, the weight of grain is lower and the grain lling degree and the appearance quality are relatively poor 3-7. Chalkiness is the most important indicator of appearance quality in rice. When the rice grains had more chalkiness, the plumpness of rice grain decreased, the transparency of rice could be Page 2/21 reduced, the taste of rice decreased, and the rate of head milled rice was low. The formation of chalkiness was closely related to dynamic of grain lling. Most of the previous studies on the grain lling characteristics among different grain positions focus on the comparison between superior grains and inferior grains 8,9, but the differences in morphology or structures of endosperm starch at different grain positions in panicles were seldom reported. In addition, the formation characteristics of endosperm structures in different rice genotypes have not been comprehensively explored. In the study, typical rice cultivars indica and japonica and glutinous rice were used as the materials, the formation characteristics of endosperm structures and their relationship with plumpness in grain-lling stage in rice with different genotypes were analyzed in order to explore the morphological characteristics of endosperm structures inuencing rice quality. The study of morphological structures enriches the basic knowledge of structural science of the formation of high-quality rice and provides a basis for improving rice yield and quality through agronomic practices. 2. Materials And Methods 2.1 Experimental materials and treatments The experiment was carried out in the experimental farm of the Agricultural College of Yangzhou University. The used experimental materials were indica rice cultivars (Yangdao 4 and Yangdao 6), japonica rice varieties (Wuyunjing 7 and Huajing 2), and glutinous rice cultivars (Yangfunuo 4 (indica glutinous) and Yangjingnuo 1 (japanica glutinous)). The preceding crop was wheat and the soil texture were sandy loam. The tillage layer contained 2.04% organic matters, 106.2 mg kg-1 alkali hydrolysable N, 28.5 mg kg-1 Olsen-P, and 93.6 mg kg-1 exchangeable K. During the whole growth period, 420 kg hm-2 of urea was applied with the ratio of basal fertilizer: tillering fertilizer: spikelet fertilizer = 4:2:4. The rice cultivars were sown from May 10 to 12 and then transplanted to the eld from June 8 to 10. The spacing of plants and rows were 17 cm × 20 cm, two seedlings per hole. The area of each plot was 5.1 m × 4.2 m and 4 replicates were arranged for each treatment in random blocks. Field management was performed according to conventional high-yielding cultivation methods. 2.2 Measurement items and methods 2.2.1 Observations of rice endosperm structure In the rst day of the owering period, a part of the panicles with uniform growth and owering on the same day was selected and then sampled respectively in the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, and 35th days after owering and 10-15 panicles were sampled in each day. The primary and secondary branches in the middle of the panicle were sampled and the grains sampled at the same position were combined together as a sample. In the lling stage and mature stage, after the grains were separated from the panicles, scanning samples were prepared according to the method of Zhang et al 10. The endosperm structures of grains were Page 3/21 observed, photographed and recorded under the environmental scanning electron microscope (XL30- ESEM, PHILIPS, Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2.2.2 Endosperm starch of the grains of different rice genotypes based on X-ray diffraction analysis The tested materials were Yangdao 4, Huajing 2 and Yangjingnuo 4. Firstly, 3-5 panicles were sampled from each variety in the maturity stage. Then, the primary branch and the secondary branch in the middle of the panicle were sampled according to different grain positions. After removing the glumes manually, the grains sampled at the same grain position were ground into powder with a mortar. Then powder was irradiated with Bruker D8 super speed XRD (X-ray diffraction) instrument. When the crystal lattice plane of the crystalline part of the starch sample and the X-ray met the Bragg condition, the diffracted X-rays from the crystal lattice plane overlapped in phase. Strong diffracted X-rays formed the 2θ angle with the irradiation X-rays. In the obtained XRD spectra of endosperm starch of each test material, the positions of peaks were related to the crystal type and the peak width was related to the crystallinity. The narrower the peak was, the higher the crystallinity was. Therefore, the crystallinity could be determined by the relative peak height or peak area in Topas-3 software 11. The crystallinity of starch crystals could be calculated with the method of Retval and the gures were plotted with Origin software. 3. Results And Analysis 3.1 Formation of endosperm structures of different rice genotypes The morphological changes of endosperm structures of grains were obvious during the lling process. Endosperm structure varied with genotype and grain position. The endosperm structure in 5 DAF was shown in Fig. 1. The superior grain started to accumulate starch and the size of amyloplast in the endosperm cells ranged from 0.68 to 8.63 mm (Fig. 1 (A1-D3)). The starch accumulation in superior grain started signicantly earlier than inferior grains (Fig. 1 (E1-E3)). In this study, different grain positions showed the differences in the morphological structures of endosperm including starch accumulation time, amyloplast number, amyloplast size, and amyloplast arrangement. The trends were consistent among two cultivars of different genotypes. Scanning electron microscopy images also indicated the characteristics of starch accumulation in 5 DAF. Starch accumulation was the earliest in glutinous rice (Fig. 1 (C1-C3, D1-D3)), followed by indica rice (Fig. 1 (A1- A3)) and japonica rice (Fig. 1 (B1-B3)). Glutinous rice had the roughest surface of starch granules and the thickest membrane. The endosperm structure in 10 DAF was shown in Figure. 2. The amyloplasts in endosperm cells were exposed and loosely arranged in superior grains. Amyloplasts in the back and center were relatively tight compared with that in 5 DAF and amyloplasts in the belly were loosely packed (Fig.
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